Comments on: Ball Lightning May Be All In Your Head http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/05/ball-lightning-head/ The official Derren Brown Blog Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:25:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: K http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/05/ball-lightning-head/#comment-61694 K Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:03:26 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12340#comment-61694 I saw ball lightning tonight! My friend and I were driving into a thunderstorm and the light quickly passed over the car. We both saw the same thing and it was very real. I saw ball lightning tonight! My friend and I were driving into a thunderstorm and the light quickly passed over the car. We both saw the same thing and it was very real.

]]> By: zenpyramid http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/05/ball-lightning-head/#comment-58974 zenpyramid Fri, 21 May 2010 10:56:27 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12340#comment-58974 ...i've been getting ball lightning in the head for years! I always thought i was a nutter, now i know it's just science. Thank you science, now i don't have to worry about my head exploding any more.... …i’ve been getting ball lightning in the head for years! I always thought i was a nutter, now i know it’s just science. Thank you science, now i don’t have to worry about my head exploding any more….

]]> By: Nicholas Vivian http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/05/ball-lightning-head/#comment-58900 Nicholas Vivian Thu, 20 May 2010 10:27:25 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12340#comment-58900 There is too little information to make a conclusion, discoveries are still being made like with sprites etc. I do find the obsession people have with orbs interesting, if they really are hallucinations this could explain why so many people describe them so vividly. There is too little information to make a conclusion, discoveries are still being made like with sprites etc. I do find the obsession people have with orbs interesting, if they really are hallucinations this could explain why so many people describe them so vividly.

]]> By: roz http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/05/ball-lightning-head/#comment-58826 roz Wed, 19 May 2010 14:36:42 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12340#comment-58826 i fingered ball lightning was similar to st. elmo's fire...here's a picture of some actual ball lightning. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ball_lightning_appears_cropped.jpg i fingered ball lightning was similar to st. elmo’s fire…here’s a picture of some actual ball lightning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ball_lightning_appears_cropped.jpg

]]> By: Rob http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/05/ball-lightning-head/#comment-58817 Rob Wed, 19 May 2010 13:57:28 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12340#comment-58817 If a magnetic field was creating an effect, the people in the room would be standing relative to the field and could possibly all experience a similar effect in a similar place due to the location and vector of the field. Sometimes the experience would be shared and similar, sometimes not. If a magnetic field was creating an effect, the people in the room would be standing relative to the field and could possibly all experience a similar effect in a similar place due to the location and vector of the field.
Sometimes the experience would be shared and similar, sometimes not.

]]> By: Voice of reason http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/05/ball-lightning-head/#comment-58803 Voice of reason Wed, 19 May 2010 11:18:55 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12340#comment-58803 So in the picture all 4 people are looking in the same direction at their hallucinations? Coincidence? So in the picture all 4 people are looking in the same direction at their hallucinations?
Coincidence?

]]> By: Raoul http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/05/ball-lightning-head/#comment-58797 Raoul Wed, 19 May 2010 10:17:08 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12340#comment-58797 Oh .. wouldn't people at the poles see things more than others on our planet than as well .. or is that magnetic field not strong enough ... What about equipment in hospitals that use magentic fields ... Oh .. wouldn’t people at the poles see things more than others on our planet than as well .. or is that magnetic field not strong enough … What about equipment in hospitals that use magentic fields …

]]> By: Raoul http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/05/ball-lightning-head/#comment-58796 Raoul Wed, 19 May 2010 10:15:38 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12340#comment-58796 Whatever it is that makes people see those things, they do seem pretty real to those that see them. So hopefully they wont see too much of that stuff .. as it will be not possible to see the difference between what the majority sees and what they theirselves see .. and if that what they see causes an active response ... Light balls dont seem to harmfull .. although people with migraine seem to see light effects as well quite often I've heard .. Drunk people, not all, but some, tend to see weird stuff as well at times. My brother once saw a ball of red light in the fields. He felt pretty normal, but as he had been drinking he keeps seeing that on the side as well. I see a ball of light during the day quite often ... very bright .. it hurts the eyes .. so I dont look at it .. Whatever it is that makes people see those things, they do seem pretty real to those that see them.
So hopefully they wont see too much of that stuff .. as it will be not possible to see the difference between what the majority sees and what they theirselves see .. and if that what they see causes an active response …

Light balls dont seem to harmfull .. although people with migraine seem to see light effects as well quite often I’ve heard ..
Drunk people, not all, but some, tend to see weird stuff as well at times. My brother once saw a ball of red light in the fields. He felt pretty normal, but as he had been drinking he keeps seeing that on the side as well.

I see a ball of light during the day quite often … very bright .. it hurts the eyes .. so I dont look at it ..

]]> By: Rob http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/05/ball-lightning-head/#comment-58792 Rob Wed, 19 May 2010 09:23:00 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12340#comment-58792 I suppose the flip side of the problem is 'can a ball of plasma/electricity/whatever be produced by simulating the processes involved in a lightning strike or thunderstorm?'. If the answer, both theoretically and experimentally, seems to be 'no', then it is more likely to be a type of illusion. If I remember correctly, a lot of the witnesses have reported the ball passing through windows and walls without leaving any marks. Also i remember one report where the witnesses both saw a ball, but described it differently. My knowledge (if such it can be called) comes from The Unexplained magazine, which i used to read when I was young. Filled my head with nonsense and left me wondering for ages. I suppose the flip side of the problem is ‘can a ball of plasma/electricity/whatever be produced by simulating the processes involved in a lightning strike or thunderstorm?’. If the answer, both theoretically and experimentally, seems to be ‘no’, then it is more likely to be a type of illusion. If I remember correctly, a lot of the witnesses have reported the ball passing through windows and walls without leaving any marks. Also i remember one report where the witnesses both saw a ball, but described it differently. My knowledge (if such it can be called) comes from The Unexplained magazine, which i used to read when I was young. Filled my head with nonsense and left me wondering for ages.

]]> By: Steve H http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/05/ball-lightning-head/#comment-58782 Steve H Wed, 19 May 2010 08:36:10 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12340#comment-58782 Hee hee! Scientists stimulate visual cortex, make people see things! Shock, horror! Hee hee! Scientists stimulate visual cortex, make people see things! Shock, horror!

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